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The UK has the Presidency of the G8 for 2005 - news and analysis relating to responses to the G8 and the meetings in London, Derbyshire, Sheffield and across the UK in the run up to the summit in July at Gleneagles in Scotland.

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A boost for video activism

20-01-2006 06:21 | G8 2005 | Education | Indymedia | Technology | London | World

Indymedia Video Activism
While ever cheaper consumer electronics and increased internet bandwidth have made it easier than ever to make and distribute independent video, the number being made still appears to be disproportionately low compared to the number of people filming at events. Various projects have been initiated to empower more people to get involved with radical video production and screening. They include online distribution, archives, screening databases and training sessions (see IVDN, IndyPeer, IndyTorrents and Clearer Channel.

In London during January there was a video activism gathering consisting of skill sharing workshops, presentations, discussions such as the role of cameras on demos (how video can be used to get protesters both nicked and set free), along with feedback from the G8 video indymedia experience. Modeled on similar national gatherings in previous years, this one was organised by and took place at the rampART social centre.

The event ended with a public screening with films from Real2Reel, Revolt Video, Camcorder Gorillas and many others. There was also a premiere of Cine Rebeldes 'Latitude 36' and two films made during the gathering 'Justice For Dad' & 'The Demo Demo'.

Related links: UPDATE - The gathering generated a number of proposals to indymedia and have already resulted in support for uploads of 3GP and M4V formats for mobile phones and ipods etc. Further follow-up workshops will be taking place, join the list if interested. In Manchester next month there's a gathering to look at how groups currently work with each other, what resources are available for screenings and campaign work and how best to make them accessible.

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G8 2005, Gleneagles: Repression, Resistance and Clowns

14-07-2005 23:00 | G8 2005 | Globalisation | World

All over Scotland, (dis)organisations as varied as the grassroots network dissent! and the largely conservative coalition "make poverty history" protested against the 2005 G8 summit in Gleneagles. The reasons were as varied as the forms to express disagreement, from marching to blockading, from clowning to filming, from talking to direct action. Although police from all over the UK were busy containing protesters in pens, arresting, searching and holding them under section 60 [Legal Support Group statement], discontent with the G8 agenda was voiced in many significant places and eventually supported by international solidarity.

Read the Full Article for summaries on issues, actions, timelines, repression and resistance in Scotland from Saturday 2 July to Friday 8 July. And check G8 Info for quick links and resources.

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G8 Reports - 2 July

02-07-2005 15:49 | G8 2005 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

For full collected reports see IMC G8 Newsblast

At least 200,000 demonstrators from very different backgrounds, ranging from religous organisations to samba bands and the Infernal Noise Brigade to the Clown Brigade, joined today's Make Poverty History march in Edinburgh. The organisers had called for people to wear white clothes. The march was set up with staggered starting times, but because of the number of people and small funnelled start gate many were unable to join the actual march. Report
Photos: [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 ]
Video: [ Interviews
Audio: [ interviews | speeches ]

Before the start of the official march, residents of Craigmillar, the most deprived area of Edinburgh, joined with anti-G8 protestors camping on a park in their estate. They marched through the estate to show their opposition to poverty here and abroad.

An anti-capitalist block broke away from the main march and was cordoned off by riot cops. People are being released in small groups, others appear to be held and photographed under a Section 60 order (which police later confirmed was applied to whole city centre). There are two possible arrests. [ timeline | report]

Photos: [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 ]

Other events happened during or after the official march (and we're not talking about Live 8). Faeries moved about the march, as did detatchments of the Clown Army (Photos: 1 | 2). Break Dancers gathered in Bristo Square in an attempt to 'Break Poverty' (photos). Capitalists marched in support of the G8 [1]. An impromptu street party (photos) on one of the roads closed for the march, with samba and music from the Infernal Noise Brigade, lasted until midnight. At that point, police moved the party to the nearby Meadows in order to re-open the road, resulting in one arrest.

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AUDIO: "Voices from Africa" Conference - G8 - Migrants - Aid, Trade, Debt - HIV

31-05-2005 16:28 | G8 2005 | Anti-racism | Education | Globalisation | Migration | World

In the wake of the Governments much hyped "Commission for Africa" came a reply - a conference not so much "for" Africa, as from Africans.

There were excellent presentations and speeches by the usual suspects - Patrick Harvie, Tommy Sheridan, Aamer Anwar, representatives from Oxfam and G8 alternatives - but the most succesful aspect to the conference, what made it really striking, was the African speakers.

The conference was held at Caledonian University - Glasgow - 23rd April 2005.

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Pedal Powered Revolutionaries

29-04-2005 10:25 | G8 2005 | Analysis | Culture | Free Spaces | London | South Coast | World

In 1992 in San Francisco cyclists started riding together monthly to assert themselves as traffic in a ride that became known as Critical Mass. Since then Critical Mass has spread to over 300 cities around the world and become a common feature of protest culture.

To celebrate 10 years of critical mass, over 800 cyclists took to the streets in London last year with a bike samba band, live guitar from a rickshaw, multiple sound systems, mad bikes the like of which have to be seen to be believed. It was massive, and it happened again on Friday April 29. At least 500 cyclists, rollerbladers and skateboards joined the 11th Annivesary in London [photos 1, 2, 3, report]. There will also critical masses in Glasgow, Liverpool and Nottingham [photos] - and probably other cities around the country as well.

On Saturday 30th April there was a successful mass "against climate change, pollution and the G8" in Worthing, Sussex. Meanwhile, in Sheffield on June 11th and the 15th there are more rides to coincide with an anti-war demo and the G8 meeting of Justice and Interior Ministers in Sheffield taking place 15th/17th.

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World G8 2005 Newswire

Image Mark 'Stone/Kennedy' exposed as undercover police officer‏
21-10-2010 16:57 | 188 comments

Image 2005.07.06 Gleneagles video
09-06-2007 04:19

Image POW - Josh Wolf
07-02-2007 12:22 | 3 additions | 1 comment

Text G8 2005 - One Year On and We Are Failing the World - Reports
16-06-2006 09:38

Generic media The Indymedia UK News Sheet
06-02-2006 15:43

Text G8 Genoa Diaz Trial: British Testimonies and a Personal Report
02-02-2006 18:19 | 3 comments

Text Brits give their damning evidence in Genoa trial
18-01-2006 18:36 | 1 comment

Text The Day the Music Failed
04-01-2006 19:20 | 1 comment

Text Two Edinburgh G8 court cases collapse
29-11-2005 14:57 | 1 addition

Image Clown Communiqué
06-11-2005 21:46

Image OPEN LETTER TO LOTHIAN AND BORDERS POLICE Re G8
05-11-2005 22:54 | 2 comments

Text “DROP THE G8 CHARGES” DEMANDS DEFENDANTS SOLIDARITY GROUP
03-11-2005 17:09 | 1 comment

Image G8 trials at the Sheriff Court in Edinburgh
24-10-2005 22:02 | 1 comment

Text Genoa G8 Diaz Raid - Trial May be Cancelled by Berlusconi Law Change
08-10-2005 13:08 | 6 comments

Video Gleneagles 2005: A Rural Riot
01-10-2005 14:05 | 2 comments

Text Heat is on - climate change news round up
29-09-2005 11:17 | 1 comment

Image Late images from the G8 summit and counteractions in Scotland
17-09-2005 08:46

Text THE PRIVILIGE AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION
16-09-2005 18:22 | 5 comments

Text Appeal for Information from G8 Defendants
17-08-2005 10:13

Text Post-G8 Dissent! Gathering: 6-7 August, South Wales
30-07-2005 13:10

Text Anti G8 Carnival for Full Enjoyment - what really happened?
27-07-2005 16:41

Text John Pilger on "Blair's Bombs" / G8 / Iraq - a "must read"
18-07-2005 10:42

Text The Revolution has begun
16-07-2005 01:23 | 1 comment

Image G8: All eyes on Scotland!
15-07-2005 23:07 | 2 comments

Text G8 protesters accuse cops of torture
14-07-2005 20:14 | 3 comments

Text Ambassadors express sympathy to all those affected by the blasts in London
14-07-2005 12:31

Text Rumour Mongering - turning the tables on the Capitalist Media
14-07-2005 06:18 | 5 comments

Text The Propaganda Message is the Context not the Content
14-07-2005 01:42 | 2 comments

Text Cynicism and the G8 Deal
12-07-2005 20:59 | 1 comment

Text Africa's battle with corruption
12-07-2005 20:54

Text G8, The antiauthoritarians story: This is How We Do It
12-07-2005 11:07 | 10 comments

Text monbiot on climate change
12-07-2005 10:29

Text What now after G8?
11-07-2005 11:06 | 15 comments

Image Very fluffy pix from Faslane blockade on 4th July
11-07-2005 00:13 | 1 comment

Text CAP helps stop famine in Africa : Stop being conned by free market
10-07-2005 23:50 | 3 comments

Image G8 alternatives demo and fence pulling Aurchtrader 6th July
10-07-2005 21:02

Text video from San Francisco Anti-G8 Solidarity Action
10-07-2005 17:27

Image G8 Alternatives summit Edinburgh Sunday 3rd July 2005
10-07-2005 15:25

Video Minsk, Belarus: Action of solidarity with the anti-G8 protesters
10-07-2005 00:34

Image Report of Gleneagles march and rally on Wednesday July 6th 2005
09-07-2005 23:39 | 1 comment

Image Bush resigns!
09-07-2005 11:40 | 6 comments

Text As Bono and Geldof praise G8, NGOs say G8 deal is a "betrayal"
09-07-2005 06:00

Text Bono and Geldof praise G8 deal
09-07-2005 05:15 | 5 comments

Image London terror bombings: a political crime
09-07-2005 00:11 | 1 comment

Image Street party in Glasgow
08-07-2005 19:32 | 3 comments

Video A solidarity action of russian activists
08-07-2005 18:21 | 2 comments

Text Demonstrators Protest at Edinburgh Prison
08-07-2005 17:30 | 2 comments

Image Healand Kitchen
08-07-2005 17:25

Text The people have roared but the G8 has whispered
08-07-2005 17:23 | 1 comment

Text real g8 communique
08-07-2005 16:46 | 1 comment

Text The G8 and Africa's unreported famine conditions
08-07-2005 14:00

Text G8 outcomes: better than nothing but...
08-07-2005 13:02

Image Photos from 7/7 Edinburgh vigil against war and bombings
08-07-2005 11:28

Text The London Bombings: Time for Blair to Wake Up or Resign
08-07-2005 10:23 | 2 comments

Audio The Voices and the Violence in Auchterarder
08-07-2005 01:28 | 7 comments

Text Stattfor prime suspect in London Bombing
07-07-2005 23:35 | 7 comments

Text London bombing to the eyes of the third world
07-07-2005 20:38 | 11 comments

Text general statement on police allowing G8 protest
07-07-2005 18:41

Image Where are the London cops?
07-07-2005 16:56 | 7 comments

Image Solidarity demo interupted by police provocation
07-07-2005 15:36 | 5 comments

Text Solidarity demo in front of court 3:30 TODAY
07-07-2005 13:23 | 1 comment

Text Thursday Glasgow Timeline
07-07-2005 12:16

Text Thursday Stirling eco-village timeline
07-07-2005 11:31 | 7 comments

Text Auchterarder Diary & Video Diary from a marcher on BBC News website
07-07-2005 07:56 | 2 comments

Text Geldof declares African empowerment and representation "not important"
06-07-2005 22:01 | 3 comments

Image On the way to Gleneagles -- Edinburgh
06-07-2005 21:42 | 2 comments

Image corporate media photo selection
06-07-2005 17:47 | 4 comments

Image Photos from our trip on the A9
06-07-2005 17:44 | 5 comments

Image Heli - Camping at Stirling
06-07-2005 17:16 | 3 comments

Text G8: prisoner solidarity
06-07-2005 17:00 | 4 comments

Text Carnival For Full Enjoyment - some reports
06-07-2005 15:43 | 3 comments

Text alex salmon calls point of order during parliament question time
06-07-2005 12:06 | 1 comment

Text G8 prisoner support (more info)
06-07-2005 09:57

Text Edinburgh blockade a damp squib
06-07-2005 07:37 | 4 comments

Text Geldof asked for too little. Support Alternative G8 Edinburgh Declaration
06-07-2005 03:44

Image Report of `Carnival for full enjoyment` on Monday 4th July. 12 photos attached.
05-07-2005 23:02 | 6 comments

Text World's biggest corporate lobby group delivers G8's agenda
05-07-2005 20:54 | 1 comment

Text G8: Massive shortfall exposed in Gleneagles deal
05-07-2005 20:53 | 1 comment

Text Campers near A9 stopped by Higland Spring employees and police
05-07-2005 20:14 | 1 comment

Image The mumies in Edinburgh
05-07-2005 19:24 | 1 comment

Text Crane occupation in Edinburgh - further details
05-07-2005 18:54 | 2 comments

Image Photos from life in Edinburgh
05-07-2005 16:29

Image Section 60 serches or just ID checks?
05-07-2005 16:17 | 7 comments

Text Institute of Autonomy Evicted
05-07-2005 14:23 | 5 comments

Image Court Solidarity action in Edinburgh
05-07-2005 14:21

Image G8.. G8 .. G8 .. G8 ..If the ship sinks it sinks for us all - Feeding the beast
05-07-2005 12:23 | 1 comment

Text TERRORIST ACT USED AGAINST SUSPECTED EDINBURGH CARNIVAL DEMONSTRATORS
05-07-2005 11:25 | 4 comments

Image Anti-shell action in Edinburgh
05-07-2005 11:24 | 7 comments

Text Dissent! Info Line
05-07-2005 10:24

Image VIDEO: Anarchist Action Palo Alto, U$A: March Against War, Empire and Capitalism
05-07-2005 02:53 | 1 comment

Text Carnivalistas take over Edinburgh city centre
05-07-2005 00:06 | 1 comment

Text Red Pepper report on Edinburgh protest
04-07-2005 23:25 | 4 comments

Image Outside the pen on Canning Street
04-07-2005 22:26

Image Photos from Cannon pen
04-07-2005 18:07 | 2 comments

Image Report of `Make Poverty History` march in Edinburgh with 12 photos
04-07-2005 09:57

Text Why we are protesting the G8: Make Poverty History march
03-07-2005 22:27 | 1 comment

Image Anti-G8 graffiti in Edinburg
03-07-2005 22:11

Image More anti-authoritarian pictures (and others...)
03-07-2005 21:32 | 2 comments

Text Blair & Brown Bodysnatchers?
03-07-2005 21:01

Text Have you booked your transport to Faslane yet?
03-07-2005 15:21

Image Arrival and demonstation pictures
03-07-2005 14:57 | 1 comment

Image Clown Army preparations
03-07-2005 14:46

Image Inside the anti-capitalist pen
03-07-2005 13:15 | 2 comments

Text LIVE 8, G-8 AND MOVEMENT WEIGHT
03-07-2005 10:37 | 3 comments

Text Unidentifiable Police arrest protestor outside Forest Cafe
03-07-2005 09:32 | 1 comment

Text Police Confirm Section 60 throughout Edinburgh City Centre
02-07-2005 22:31 | 1 comment

Text Global media interest in blockade of G8 protesters in Edinburgh
02-07-2005 22:27

Text Heavyhanded police tactics lead to blockade and arrests on Make Poverty History
02-07-2005 22:20 | 4 comments

Image a cool set of pics from make poverty demo
02-07-2005 22:05

Image G8 Photos from July 2nd
02-07-2005 19:52 | 2 comments

Image Pictures of Police Pen in Edingurgh demo
02-07-2005 19:44

Image Photos of MakePovertyHistory March
02-07-2005 19:26

Image brighton to edinburgh critical mass(photos)
02-07-2005 12:39 | 1 comment

Text The Rural Covergence / Eco-Village Opens Its Gates
01-07-2005 11:46 | 5 comments

Image Chalk4Peace will be active at The G8 Gathering in Scotland
01-07-2005 11:20

Text live 8 concerts an alternative view
01-07-2005 10:07 | 9 comments

Text CARNIVAL DENOUNCES ARMY “LIE CENTRES”
01-07-2005 09:10

Text link to g8 radical radio
30-06-2005 19:19

Text PRESS REVIEW
30-06-2005 11:56

Text NEW EARTH FIRST! ACTION UPDATE: Out now!
29-06-2005 23:49

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